50 bloody quid to enter?! Fair enough they’re providing a hot feed station, and such a big event obviously takes a lot of organisation and planning, but surely it can’t justify a 50 pound entry fee?! I was dead keen for this event – not so sure now!

dont be such a cheapskate! £30 for most XC races, £50 for a race 5-6 times longer, cheap if you ask me, considering you get “race entry, energy drink at feed stations, water, fruit and snacks, one hot food station at halfway, goody bag and race momento for finishers”.

I personally think £50 is alot for an entry fee… a justification of costs would be good.. most racers wont be too interested in drinks and snacks as they will use their own personal preference.. a good course, good timing system and quickly posted results are what i want from any race.

“most racers wont be too interested in drinks and snacks as they will use their own personal preference”

if you can carry enough on you for a hundy without stopping whilst going at race pace (its still a race at the end of the day).

how long do you think we will be out on course for say ….. 6-8 hours for the fast guys and 15 hours + for the slow guys ? fair bit of wedge getting a 100 mile course sorted time and tape. Then marshalls and first aid for the duration….

I mean 10 under the ben was 45 quid this year for 10 hours , no feed stations and a pre race meal …. cracking race though and atmosphere

SSUK09 was best race ( maybe fairer in general to call it an event) i’ve been too this year… £20 entry… free t shirt, pint glass, evening meal, camping, roller racing, live band, unbelievable course which didn’t have a single complaint, best atmosphere, unbelievable prize list…

Entry fee isn’t directly related to the quality of a race..

And yes if i do it i will be carrying everything i need for the race.. and will definately be trying my best to go at race pace albeit with one gear…

Not sure I agree with the idea that more miles equals greater cost. You can enter a sportive at 100 miles with food, energy gels and drinks etc at 4 stations, yet this costs twenty quid. How is it justified to increase the cost by more than 100% because its offroad? Im not saying I wont be entering – just find 50 quid to be steep. whats cost of entering Leadville or similar?

You going to be there then Marty? Just fail to see how 50 per entry is justified. Im not saying its wrong or unjust. A hot meal per person and a t-shirt etc, plus some tape to direct the occasional section of the route doesnt cost 50 quid does it?! Most races cost 20-30 pound and im sure dont require 100% more organisation, man power or resources.

You going to be there then Marty? Just fail to see how 50 per entry is justified
Yup. Entered earlier. £50 is fine for me for an event like this.

Once you start organising races (I’ve been part of putting on two), you realise why they cost what they do. Looked at doing a biggish “backcountry” loop (c 35 miles) for the 2nd of these, but costs and logistics put us off.

There’s a lot more to it than photocopying some entry forms and buying a roll of hazard tape.

The Kielder Avalanche Enduro was only slightly less, 50 euros, and there wasn’t much in the way of freebies on offer.

It did seem fairly well organised though and I would definitely do it again.

If it’s on the trail centre routes there, the terrain is pretty rough and quite eroded for a trail centre imo – there are some really good descents, especially the black section with some nice dropoffs and jumps.

I am starting to reconsider my opinions. I know its the first of its kind etc and it takes lots of organising – maybe a bit of a knee jerk reaction at seeing £50 for one race. what was entry at mayhem by the way for solo?